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På yams (Del 2)… Yam Grøt

Av Rachel Finn På November 23, 2011 · Legg igjen en kommentar

Utvikle fortrolighet med yams, sanne yams, spesielt for folk som har ingen, is sure to surprise. Som nevnt her, de er ikke de myke, søte knoller amerikanere i USA bruker til å piske opp paier, eller gryteretter. Disse rettene er domenet til den delikate søtpotet.

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2011 – FNs internasjonale år for mennesker av afrikansk avstamning

Av Rachel Finn På September 26, 2011 · 2 Kommentarer

I am late with this, at least here on the site. I’ve been talking up the 2011 International Year for People of African Descent since late 2010 with friends, on Twitter and on Facebook but haven’t done anything special to commemorate it with Roots Cuisine, for various reasons. Most of them logistical and [...]

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Help Us Out

Av Rachel Finn På Juni 20, 2011 · 8 Kommentarer

volunteers & interns wanted

We’re very serious about promoting the foodways of African Diaspora and need your help. There are so many things to do and only so many hours in the day, and with a whole globe and quite a few languages to cover we need to develop our networks [...]

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På yams (Del I)

Av Rachel Finn På Mai 5, 2011 · 1 Kommentar

Yam, yam, yam, inhame… all rooted in various West African words: nyam, iyan that not only refer to the tuber itself, men kan også bety mat, eller selv å spise reflekterer betydningen av den vegetabilske til kulturer i hele regionen . In Jamaican the word for eat is nyam. Ingen tilfeldigheter her. I have [...]

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Bound for Turkey

Av Rachel Finn På February 19, 2011 · 9 Kommentarer

As some of you know I’ve had a great opportunity to advance the cause of Roots Cuisine. I was offered the opportunity to be part of the U.S. State Department Speakers program back in November, which meant that I would be traveling to Turkey to speak (initially) about Louisiana foodways. Interest in topics has expanded [...]

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Jamaica in Jamaica

Av Rachel Finn På February 13, 2011 · Legg igjen en kommentar

Hibiscus sabdariffa. Here in Jamaica, jamaica is sorrel. But, much like everything else throughout Diaspora (and around the world), there are one hundred and one names for the stuff. Alright, perhaps I exaggerate a bit, there are about five that I can think of including jamaica (my personal favorite) and sorrel. There [...]

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On the Bookshelf: The Food, Folklore, and Art of Lowcountry Cooking

Av Rachel Finn På September 18, 2010 · Legg igjen en kommentar

The Food, Folklore, and Art of Lowcountry Cooking: A Celebration of the Foods, History, and Romance Handed Down From England, Afrika, The Caribbean, France, Germany, and Scotland (Joseph E. Dabney – Cumberland House/Sourcebooks, Inc., 2010)

The book’s subtitle, “A Celebration of the Foods, History, and Romance Handed Down from Africa, The Caribbean, France, [...]

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A Closer Look: The Lowcountry & Gullah/Geechee Culture -Part I

Av Rachel Finn På August 2, 2010 · 2 Kommentarer

Part I in a series on the Lowcountry and Gullah/Geechee Culture and Food.

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Diaspora in the blogosphere…

Av Rachel Finn På Mai 28, 2009 · Legg igjen en kommentar

This picture has nothing to do with anything, I just wanted any excuse to post it…Now on to what’s happening in the blogosphere…

The round up:

Cynthia Bertelsen at Gherkins & Tomatoes, discusses the paradox of Palm Oil and shares some stunning pictures of its

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African Diaspora in Chicago

Av Rachel Finn På February 18, 2009 · Legg igjen en kommentar

Today my most recent article, which also happens to be my second feature, appeared on the front page of the Chicago Sun-Times food section. It’s a piece on –surprise, surprise– the food of the Diaspora in Chicago. Of course they published it as the big Black History Month food feature but hey, I’ll take what I (og [...]

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